Europe's Crises
Published on 24. November 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
476 pages
978-1-5095-2487-7 (ISBN)
Description
Today the European Union is facing a crisis as serious as anything it has experienced since its origins more than half a century ago. What makes this so serious is that it is not a single crisis but rather multiple crises - the euro crisis, the migration/refugee crisis, Brexit, etc. - that overlap and reinforce one another, creating a cumulative array of challenges that threatens the very survival of the EU. For the first time in its history, there is a real risk that the EU could break up.
This volume brings together sociologists, economists and political scientists from around Europe to shed light on how the EU got into this predicament. It argues that the multiple crises that have plagued the European Union in the last decade stem to a large extent from flaws in its construction and that these flaws are consequences of the political processes that led to the formation of the EU - in other words, the decisions that made possible the development of the EU created the conditions for the multiple crises it experiences today. This argument is developed through detailed analyses of, among other things, the crisis in the eurozone, the impact of austerity on vulnerable populations, the weakness of European identity, the migration/refugee crisis, the decline of trust in EU institutions, the growing appeal of extreme right and Eurosceptic parties, and the factors that led to the UK's decision to leave the EU.
This timely and wide-ranging book on one of the most important issues of our time will be of great interest to students and scholars in the social sciences, to politicians and policy-makers and to anyone concerned with Europe and its future.
Reviews / Votes
"Castells and his colleagues convincingly show that the multiple crises facing Europe today - from Greece to Brexit - are not problems imposed on it from without but are to a large extent crises of its own creation. Their wide-ranging and insightful account should be read by everyone concerned with Europe and its future - and above all by those politicians and policy-makers who could change the direction of the EU before it's too late." Paul Mason, author of Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future "To understand what we Europeans must do to secure a brighter future together, firstly we must understand the multifaceted nature of the challenges that our common project is facing. This insightful book reminds us that constructive self-criticism is an indispensable exercise in today's Europe." Javier Solana, President at ESADEgeo-Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics and Distinguished Fellow at the Brookings InstitutionMore details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
724 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5095-2487-7 (9781509524877)
Schweitzer Classification
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Europe's Crises
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Persons
Manuel Castells is University Professor and the Wallis Annenberg Chair of Communication Technology and Society at the University of Southern California.
Content
* List of Contributors
* List of Figures
* Introduction
* Part I: Economic Crises
* Chapter 1: The End of European Integration as We Knew It: A Political Economy Analysis
* Olivier Bouin
* Chapter 2: Making Sense of the Greek Crisis, 2010-2016
* Manos Matsaganis
* Chapter 3: The Consequences of Crisis on the European Banking System
* Emilio Ontiveros
* Chapter 4: The Financial Crisis and the Restructuring of the Italian Banking System
* Sviatlana Hlebik
* Chapter 5: European Science and Technology in a Time of Crisis: ERC, EIT and Beyond
* João Caraça et al.
* Part II: Social Crises
* Chapter 6: Austerity and Health: The Impact of the Crisis in the UK and Rest of Europe
* David Stuckler et al.
* Chapter 7: Suffering: The Human and Social Costs of Economic Crisis
* John B. Thompson et al.
* Chapter 8: Achilles' Heel: Europe's Ambivalent Identity
* Manuel Castells
* Chapter 9: Europe Facing Evil: Xenophobia, Racism, anti-Semitism and Terrorism
* Michel Wieviorka
* Chapter 10: Europe and Refugees: Tragedy Bordering on Farce
* Paul Collier
* Part III: Political Crises
* Chapter 11: The Crisis of Legitimacy of European Institutions
* Sara B. Hobolt
* Chapter 12: Narratives of Responsibility: German Politics in the Greek Debt Crisis
* Claus Offe
* Chapter 13: The Double Crisis of European Social Democracy
* Colin Crouch
* Chapter 14: The Rise of the Radical Right
* Michel Wieviorka
* Chapter 15: From Crisis to Social Movement to Political Change: Podemos in Spain
* Manuel Castells
* Chapter 16: Italy: Autumn of the Second Republic by Pierfranco Pelizzetti
* Chapter 17: Brexit: The Causes and Consequences of the UK's Decision to Leave the EU
* Geoffrey Evans et al.
* Chapter 18: Social Movements, Participation and Crisis in Europe
* Gustavo Cardoso et al.
* Conclusion